BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA

Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.

Or type your rank

Press Enter to look it up.

Enlisted
E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
Warrant
W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
Prior enl.
O-1EO-2EO-3E
Officer
O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
Dependents
With $2,361 Without $1,770

E-5 at Detroit draws $2,361 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,770 without

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Detroit, MI
E-5 · with dependents
$2,361/ month
$28,332 / year
At E-5, this is #118 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MI142 · ZIPs 48005 48007 48009 48012 48015 48017 +215 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,027 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,770 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Detroit · E-5 · $2,361/mo
Detroit $2,361/mo · $28,332/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

Detroit — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,034 $1,527
E-2 $2,034 $1,527
E-3 $2,034 $1,527
E-4 $2,034 $1,527
E-5 $2,361 $1,770
E-6 $2,583 $1,935
E-7 $2,652 $2,049
E-8 $2,730 $2,412
E-9 $2,904 $2,469
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,601 $1,950
W-2 $2,682 $2,409
W-3 $2,781 $2,478
W-4 $2,949 $2,592
W-5 $3,159 $2,667
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,664 $2,358
O-2E $2,763 $2,454
O-3E $2,982 $2,574
Officer
O-1 $2,397 $1,797
O-2 $2,580 $2,256
O-3 $2,778 $2,499
O-4 $3,228 $2,649
O-5 $3,555 $2,688
O-6 $3,582 $2,757
O-7 $3,609 $2,805

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Reno $2,391
Atlanta $2,388
Corvallis $2,388
Hampden County $2,388
Charleston $2,385
Portland $2,379
Allentown $2,373
Charlottesville $2,373
Ocala $2,370
Bremerton $2,364
Detroit $2,361
Fort Carson $2,358
Richmond $2,358
County Cost Group 840 $2,322
Dahlgren $2,313
Fort Stewart $2,310
Phoenix $2,289
Volusia County $2,286
Cincinnati $2,283
Pittsburgh $2,283
Dover AFB $2,277
Anniston $1,185

Detroit is #118 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Detroit0 – $3,609 / month
E-1 $2,034
E-2 $2,034
E-3 $2,034
E-4 $2,034
E-5 $2,361
E-6 $2,583
E-7 $2,652
E-8 $2,730
E-9 $2,904
W-1 $2,601
W-2 $2,682
W-3 $2,781
W-4 $2,949
W-5 $3,159
O-1E $2,664
O-2E $2,763
O-3E $2,982
O-1 $2,397
O-2 $2,580
O-3 $2,778
O-4 $3,228
O-5 $3,555
O-6 $3,582
O-7 $3,609

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Detroit to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,766 a month — about 12 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

01

“With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

02

O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

03

This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.